Pacific Crest Trail Weather Forecasts

Rain along the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern Oregon (photo by Halfmile).

Several hikers have asked about Pacific Crest Trail weather forecasts. We use the National Weather Service (NWS) point forecasts from Weather.gov. These point forecasts are for a 2.5km grid and using Halfmile Project data makes it easy to find the forecast for a specific location along the PCT. Point forecasts are for the elevation of the PCT which are often thousands of feet above nearby towns.

Note: The “current conditions” for these point forecast are from the nearest weather reporting station which could be many miles away from the actual forecast area and may not be as useful as the actual forecast.